Diamonds in the Rough

What is a rough diamond? It is how it is found, usually in a crystal formation. The better ones are a 'to be' jewel. Then, what is a jewel? By nature a jewel is a mineral, usually somewhat dull to pretty, that can be made or fashioned (faceted/cut) into something much, much more beautiful.The beauty and value of a 'to be' jewel is from a process known as crystallization that has undergone exceptional circumstances, usually temperature and pressure and over a period of time. A jewel is simply something ordinary that has passed through something extraordinary.

There is a saying... the only difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that something 'extra'. God produces this extraordinary in us, the ordinary. He is the creator and the 'extra' in us. He has in mind for us to have the will to produce quality in anything we do. To His Glory we give him credit for everything. Without him we would be as ordinary.

God says:"I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of [red precious stones], and all thy borders of pleasant stones" - Isaiah 54:11-12 (KJV)

We are the 'diamonds in the rough' ready to be transformed into JEWELS.